ActivityThread类

这就是我们常说的UI Thread，也就是UI主线程。在主线程种能够直接使用Handler进行异步通信，这是由于主线程ActivityThread中已经创建了Looper。如果其他线程想要使用Handler进行通信，就必须要自己创建Looper。

【源码分析】：ActivityThread类中的main方法

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "ActivityThreadMain");

    // Install selective syscall interception
    AndroidOs.install();

    // CloseGuard defaults to true and can be quite spammy.  We
    // disable it here, but selectively enable it later (via
    // StrictMode) on debug builds, but using DropBox, not logs.
    CloseGuard.setEnabled(false);

    Environment.initForCurrentUser();

    // Make sure TrustedCertificateStore looks in the right place for CA certificates
    final File configDir = Environment.getUserConfigDirectory(UserHandle.myUserId());
    TrustedCertificateStore.setDefaultUserDirectory(configDir);

    // Call per-process mainline module initialization.
    initializeMainlineModules();

    Process.setArgV0("<pre-initialized>");

    Looper.prepareMainLooper();

    // Find the value for {@link #PROC_START_SEQ_IDENT} if provided on the command line.
    // It will be in the format "seq=114"
    long startSeq = 0;
    if (args != null) {
        for (int i = args.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            if (args[i] != null && args[i].startsWith(PROC_START_SEQ_IDENT)) {
                startSeq = Long.parseLong(
                        args[i].substring(PROC_START_SEQ_IDENT.length()));
            }
        }
    }
    ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();
    thread.attach(false, startSeq);

    if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {
        sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();
    }

    if (false) {
        Looper.myLooper().setMessageLogging(new
                LogPrinter(Log.DEBUG, "ActivityThread"));
    }

    // End of event ActivityThreadMain.
    Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
    Looper.loop();

    throw new RuntimeException("Main thread loop unexpectedly exited");
}

清晰可见，这个main方法才是App启动的源头，而并非源自Activity的onCreate方法：

• Looper.prepareMainLooper(); //准备主线程Looper

• ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread(); //创建UI主线程

• Looper.loop(); //让主线程Looper进行轮询。

• thread.attach(false); //在attach方法中会完成Application对象的初始化，然后调用Application的onCreate()方法

【源码分析】：会执行attach方法中的这一句：mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread, startSeq); -- from ActivityThread

@UnsupportedAppUsage
private void attach(boolean system, long startSeq) {
    sCurrentActivityThread = this;
    mSystemThread = system;
    if (!system) {
        android.ddm.DdmHandleAppName.setAppName("<pre-initialized>",
                                                UserHandle.myUserId());
        RuntimeInit.setApplicationObject(mAppThread.asBinder());
        final IActivityManager mgr = ActivityManager.getService();
        try {
            mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread, startSeq);
        } catch (RemoteException ex) {
            throw ex.rethrowFromSystemServer();
        }
        // Watch for getting close to heap limit.
        BinderInternal.addGcWatcher(new Runnable() {
            @Override public void run() {
                if (!mSomeActivitiesChanged) {
                    return;
                }
                Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
                long dalvikMax = runtime.maxMemory();
                long dalvikUsed = runtime.totalMemory() - runtime.freeMemory();
                if (dalvikUsed > ((3*dalvikMax)/4)) {
                    if (DEBUG_MEMORY_TRIM) Slog.d(TAG, "Dalvik max=" + (dalvikMax/1024)
                            + " total=" + (runtime.totalMemory()/1024)
                            + " used=" + (dalvikUsed/1024));
                    mSomeActivitiesChanged = false;
                    try {
                        ActivityTaskManager.getService().releaseSomeActivities(mAppThread);
                    } catch (RemoteException e) {
                        throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
                    }
                }
            }
        });
    } else {
       ……   //此时system的boolean值为falase下面这些不用看，因为不执行
    }
}